GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| oversee | survey |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |